"Husband," "Wife," "Bride," "Groom" to be banned

Pete Kasperowicz reports in the Washington Examiner that this woman and a couple dozen other Democrat members of the U.S. House of Representatives have drafted legislation

that would eliminate the words “husband” and “wife” from federal law.


Those “gendered terms” would be replaced by “gender-neutral” words like “spouse” or “married couple,” according to the bill from Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif.

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Aleister at Legal Insurrection links to this question raised by Norvell Rose of Western Journalism "And should the Capps bill to ban the traditional references to husband and wife win approval on Capitol Hill, one can reasonably ask how long it will be before gay marriage advocates and activists lawyer up to go after churches, chapels, and justices of the peace who dare to ask, “Do you take this person as your lawfully wedded husband/wife?”

Then, of course, there are a couple more inviting targets for the PC police who could find cause to take legal potshots at the generally accepted terms “bride” and “groom.”
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